Constantine Cancelled by NBC

It was a long, painful road for fans to get this news, but NBC has now officially cancelled Constantine. It was several months ago when the network declined to order more episodes for the show beyond its initial 13, which usually means de facto cancellation. But NBC and Warner Bros. insisted that the fate of Constantine was still up in the air and it could potentially return for a second season - and in the past couple of weeks, producers met with NBC to pitch them their concepts for Season 2.

Alas, it was not to be, and NBC has decided to not move forward with the tale of John Constantine and his Hellblazer ways.

Could there be a future for the show elsewhere? Constantine Executive producer Daniel Cerone tweeted this today:

A few months ago, there were some reports that Syfy (a corporate sibling of NBC) was talking to Warner Bros. about potentially picking up the show, but it seems there was no validity to that. As a network TV series, Constantine's budget is no doubt an obstacle for most cable channels, where budgets are more restricted. However, Deadline's Nellie Andreeva is offering some hope, reporting, "I hear there could be a future for the show, even a potential broadcast play — what do you think of this monster mash: Lucifer, Frankenstein and Constantine under one roof?!"

Deadline is clearly referring to FOX with that last line, who have just ordered the new series The Frankenstein Code and have the pilot for the DC Comics-based Lucifer in contention for next season, with a decision close to being made. So could Constantine also make the leap to FOX for a new supernatural-based DC Comics pairing with Lucifer?

Update: With their Upfront on Monday, where the 2015-2016 schedule will be presented, NBC have now cancelled four more series as well as Constantine.